The U.S. Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations with the Evil Russian Empire Over Syria

The U.S. is slowly barreling towards a conflict with the inherently evil Russian empire, so eloquently depicted in a variety of children’s cartoons. After Russia announced they were backing out of a plutonium deal, the White House escalated the schism and decided to totally break off diplomatic relations over the war torn Syria.

“This is not a decision that was taken lightly,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. “Unfortunately, Russia failed to live up to its own commitments … and was also either unwilling or unable to ensure Syrian regime adherence to the arrangements to which Moscow agreed.”

“Rather, Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen to pursue a military course, inconsistent with the Cessation of Hostilities, as demonstrated by their intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need, including through the September 19 attack on a humanitarian aid convoy,” he said.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said patience had run out with Russia.

“What is clear is that there is nothing more for the United States and Russia to talk about with regard to stopping the ongoing violence in Syria and that is unfortunate,” he told reporters.

Bear in mind, Secretary of State, John Kerry, has advocated for a no-fly zone over Syria, which would effectively checkmate Russia into permitting Assad being overrun by U.S. backed terrorists in the country. Moreover, there is leaked audio of John Kerry saying that he asked the Obama administration to put troops on the ground to fight the Assad regime — which would up the ante and pave the way towards full scale war with Russia.

“I think you’re looking at three people, four people in the administration. I lost the argument. I’ve argued for the use of force. I’m the guy who stood up and announced that we’re going to attack Assad for the use of weapons.”

Kerry is on the record saying a Syrian ‘safe zone’ aka ‘nation building programme’ would entail 15-30k troops on the ground.

“All this talk about safe zones does not go through the process of what it really means,” Kerry said.

“Our Pentagon estimates that to have a true safe zone in the north of the country you may have upwards of fifteen to thirty thousand troops. Now are we ready to authorize that? Are we ready to put them on the ground?”

Fucking neocons.